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Code
Ar/Ab.AB3.19.L.01
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Indeterminate
Remarks

A stone, likely argilite, single-faced jewelery mold, in the Gegharot LB style. EThere is one full and one partial preforation in opposite corners. The reverse side is uncarved, but scratched and flattened. ach mold design is connected to a small runnoff canal, used either for applying the liquid metal or removing excess (or both). The carved designs include a spoked wheel, a tree of circular beads, two cylindrical forms with zig zag designs, two 'daggers', a biconical shape, and a circular shape. The designs are similar and reproductive of the designs on the two previously recovered jewelery molds from Gegharot (Ar/Ge.T15c.21.L.2 and T2E). There is spalling evident on the two longer edges of the obverse side and particularly around the corner holding the full perforation
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Lithic Details
Form
Mold
Material
Other
Color
White
Retouched?
No
Modifications
worked, carved
Length
71.9mm
Width
59.8mm
Breadth
8.2mm
Weight
45.2g